Juniata sentinel. [volume], August 30, 1865, Image 1

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EDITORS.
WHOLE NUMBER, 957. j
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DR. P. C. BCJSDIO, Of Patterson, Tale sate tit of land ilulel in Wlk
P, wiiti to ionaiiriBtidBBdp-1 er township, Jaaisto county, P. Mljoiiiing
tronathathe h rimoTtd to tt. t0He on lands of Jacob Shsllenberger, Daniel Werts
Bride Btnet oppotite Todd & Jordan's Stor 1 na Widctr Meredith, .coctaining, about
,:r,v ..:,r J 20-ACRESi
JEfiEMUn LYONS, Afeoat IS if which r cleared. nd to feood
I .v. i i - tl ;muAH1 TkA.A
Miflintolra, Jim'mU County. P., OSes j 6a (be preicises. : '"Also good water and fruit
09 Main street South of Bridge 6tr et. ;. trees. ' i :v- 1 i'j-'
-; : : I for terms and further information inquire
' TOMD 8TOCS. ' ::'of the undernigned residing near Mexico, at
BECBEX CAVENEY, Manufacturer of i'iomb1 'jch plftce Tevwrs oay Be ddrSed i o him.
. ' -'; , , ) Julj 12th, 65. , .. ; Wil. CttIMM EL-., -;
Etonea. McAhsttmlie and Miffi-.ntown. Alii ' '. '
work Dul ud in the most tasteful and aub-.
etentiul manner. Give Lim a call,
april 13-64tf. ; .'
ALt AND EXAMINE
onr Ktnck of Heady MadeCtotbtng before
jt-r. rurccate b'.sewiifre, yoti will find on
lttoJ a K'ioJ assortment, lor Men and Boys
'"are, wbicti wiil be sold cheap for cafh or
cmtry protinee . . -. t
?m .fi 4 ; ; ;..l';tf!ur.'r.W, J f
K. C. fc'TlV-AliT,
ATTOBM EY-AT-t AVY,
, K;jjliuiitcit, , Junxnt'i Co., Pti.t
.'Jtrx hie prufcfioual Hcrvicts to rtie pub
i.e. Cul.ectUiua aui 11 other business . iil
rc:e pr-"nij.l atf";'an. Oiticc 4ri djur
Attonuy 'it Lau.
jtotary ab'.ir, .
w;!1, attend to all b.nirs rntrnsed to bii
kr. 'nicun Mia Strttt, MiSliutrmn. Ta.
MILITARY fiAIMS.
TB,B- r"1 1'?0 !!eUCl,K0 !
I',, iluuntv, K
fcs.r I'ay. ai a.l other c.U:
tin- jM-estj4i oi-any oilirr :, ;
i.rivtu? out ot
JEREMIAH LVONS.
Auorctj-at-Law.
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Also, J.,l.l.er iu
J't ii fittst!t:il" BlTTVfTS
No 4:i MAUKUT Sl'UEET.
Vor'b i tn'Twoen K-.urth and Fifth.
I'HILAI'I'LI'HIA.
oo
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"w TCSKE AMD jtXELtfi,
N.
115 i,r'h hrk(.M nrcei. Corner uf(
t . Qui-rr. PlIILAIiELI'ill 1..
3 assortment of
Tvatches,
; Jewelry. .. . --
,. - - Silver h .
Plated Ware.
!! 'in bind, Suitable for JOLWAl
Miy Repnirin of Watches and Jewelry
f'row.ptlv uad"i to
Dec. . 1801-1 jr.
W. A. LKVI1RING,
iniber V i onuuissiori llercliant
iVi'owhiU S'ropt Wharf,
ri.iU lelphia, Pa.
app.is -..f Tir.' or. rt.iTes, I.cust Pins
i!-xp Pol'.'. &c ve and Lumber genenly,
:11 be pa'clia-d, conir-iotcd f .r, nr received
in comru;pion, si the .pion .if'he shipper.
3P reiiiiiim
aimi MANUFACTOHY, :
Orrirs or tub JrstAT Cocsir
"
. AcsicctrraL Societt
IVrryville, Oct. lt,
B d-hereby eertify that tbe t ommiitee ,
ea Msrataettured Articb-s ha awarded to j
rAUti!3 YV. Viimil tho FiMl Preiiiiuin for
tae jaiosi subotantial, neatest made, and best
lEiahedatu of Chairs.
G. W. JACOBS. Treas'r.
WiLtiiM IIes"H. Sec'y. junl3
liEXHT HARPER,
Ho. 520 ARCII Street above Fifth.
, x. : PHILADELPHIA.;. ,
nitnufacturer and Dealer la
F I.NK JE W K L 11 Y ,
SOLID SILVER WAttE,
aaol aapsrlr silver Plate! Ware
.. r .. . March 29,' 1845, 3mos. 1 .
"ti TEX DUE OlilE
11
- AUCTIONEER '
The undersigned offers hie services to the
public as Vendue Cryer and Auctioneer. He
has bad a very large experience, and feels
cs&dent that he can give satisfaction to all
who may employ him. He may be addressed
at Mifflintown, or found at his home in Fer
managh township. Orders may also be left
at Mr. Will's Hotet 1
Jan. 25, 19SJ. ' WILLIAM GIVEN.
15S5 !
PHILADELPHIA. (
TAPER HANGINGS.
1865
DOWELL & BURKE,
' MANUFACTURERS OF .
WALL PAPERS,
AND
WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
Cenur POUBTH -and -MARKET Str
;. i - PHILADEI.FHIA, - - - ''- '
rt. B. Agoe"tock of LINEN t'.UAtJES
eissat'.y ca ftaad. Fsb. la, i8'5 3m. .
LAND FOR GALEi
r"HE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS AT . PRl-
Log House and Frame; Bank Bam
T. GROVE. PETER NEW
F. GROVE & CO.
j Crucial . Commission Wwtants
; ORAIN:FL0UR, &C. :
flK.ff . Cor. Howard & Mulbeny SU.
Con'sizniucnts of 'Grain, Flmtr, anJ
Country Prodaee resMotfully'sdlieiUd. Also,
a lore anu geuerai aaaAiniauut ui y.'Atuw
ou hau'l.
R GROVE & CO;
WHOLESALE '
1 DEALERS & ilANtTFACTUEERS OF
i Cigars, Tobacco and Snnff,
101 FAAKKLIX Slrect
i BtrWESS CKEIN ASU PACA STEKCTB,
I BALTIMORE.
QUCK SALES A.ND SMALL PKOHTS.
V Superior tnr. riA,'fin. Cnew-
j'ulyliMn..
IVIM I nimViyiHIai
T AI'lES AND GENTLEMEN: If you wish
1 i ir. run .rv von can fin ko bv addressing
I nip. 1 nill send you, without
3ioney ana
withoot price, Talua'nte information, that wil
that will
enable yuu to marry happily an X speeaily. r-
TreprcliTe of age. wealth or beauty. This
i Thu iiifonnaiion will cost yoo nothing and if
rou
h to marrv, I will cheerfully aaxist
you-. Ail letters strictly connuennai. ine
desirnl information sent by return mail, and
no reward asked. I'le.nc inclose postage or
stswped enrclops, addressed to yourself.
Adlres
TGreenpoint.
Kings C'o-.New York.
i 70TICE TO DELINQUENTS. Notice js
herehv liven to all rersCis indtbtcl to
the estate cf Thomas, Shormier, late of the
barouith of Patterson deceased, either by
Nile or Honk Arcouut to come forward and
pay np before'the first of September; Or these
claims will then positively be put . into the
labile of a Justice for collection
ANNA SHORMIFH '
I). A. DOUGHM AN
9-St Administrators.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
The Tatrons of tbeSESTtSEL who may Visit
Harrifburg, or desire a tint class Picture
should by all means go where they take, the
niont splendid liktnrtstt ever gotten up any
where, whish Is at :.
CURXITE & CO S 110 Market at, Harrisb'g
Heafness. BliBduess) and Catarrh,
ritp.EATED with the utmost success, by D'r.
X J. ISAACS. Oculi't and Aurtist, (former
ly of Leyden, Holland,) No. 019 PINE Street
Philadelphia. Testimonial from the most
reliable sources in the City and Country can
be seen at his Office. The medical faculty are
invited to accompany their patients, as he
haS Kre in big practiee
EVES iDicrted without pi
. f examination. F.
AKTIKICIAI.
pain, iso cuarge
made for examination. Feb, la. .65.-ly. ,
fJlERMS OF ADVERTISING
Seventy -five cents per square of ten lif:e3
or less for' ttie first iuScrfion three inser
tions for $1.50 and 50 cents for all subsequent
insertions. Estate Notices' $2.00.- Profes
sional and, Business cards with paper $8.00
per year. Merchantile cards T?ith paper 915.00
pr yecr. Local notices 10 cents per line.
People ought to look' to their interest and" ad
vertize in the Sentinel as its circulation
is about one third 'Jarger than any other
paper published in the county.
JOB WORK "RATES '
Eighth sheet bills. Si. 23 ; quarter sheet
bills $2.00; half sheet bills 53 00; whole
sheet $0 00 30 bills are always given if de
sired. Blanks $2.00 per quire. Colored or
fancy work extra, Cards at $1.00 per hun
dred. Job Work respectfully solicited as w
ibelieve we can do up jobs nt atly and attract
ely and expeditions! y. : ' ' ' -A ' ' : .
TERMS OF PUBLICATION '
- The Juniata SBStiNEt. .is Published on
Main Street, next door to the Post Office,
Miffl'intown, Juniata County, Pa., on every
Yt e'dnesday at the rale of $2.00 per year in
advance aid $2.60 if not paid within the
year. We wish to d a eaait business as
nearly as possible- We wish to da al honest
ly and alike with all, and therefor Deed no
be asked to vary from our terms by acy one
Thankfal for past favors we ask the ooutisUed
tinport and effuris of our Monds.
j CTHR BXJSQ, PRISONER.,'.. ..
t
Taken froiti thi timof one of owSol-
AndersonvUU', Gi,"
Iani dyinj, flomradeskidyingi
9J.T.-ti
. . . Jar. a wy i;ain friend and hotcaj )U
In this rebel den I'm tying, . , ., . ( ., : (
Suffering, starving all alone: . ( , y
.JJad I bai a drink of watesl r ' --l-i-'u !i
Or the mailts pie bf bwad, ..
Thus to quench my thirst and hunger.., ,
,. Ere I'm numbered with the dead ! ,,,, ;
Oh ! this loathsome, dreary prison ! ,-':T"
Oh ! this cruel, rebel deal? J.. yu
Where our mot her' atijs art ly ing, ;I .. .
Treated more like brutes than men i
.... . ,o ... . - - '
Ho irana shelter spread above ns, : 1 ' ' ' ' -,
No green fields is which' to roam, i j
Oh, Gud ! grant that those who love us
..Could have the power to seyJ. us home.
IT I could but see my mother, . ...
'- As upon rhe ground I liei -.; L -
Mingled with each starving brother, . '
'T.Tfoubl not be so bard to die,
If i could but 'get a Utter,' ' " " '
Or some ews would only come. ' '
Oh! I know I would get-bettfi -'
If I could but bear from home. . ' .
I am dreaming, comrades', dreaminj,
Surely some one called my uaiSe, "
And I thought some one was coming,
And would lake me home agaiu. . . . .
Home I think I'm going, comrades. n
But somehow my-Sight grows dim.
And I sec them coming nearer,
. . Ami 1 thiuk 1 bar them sing. .
Where's tho flag, our oti flag, comradeB
' With it's bravo red, white, and blue ;
I would tell theie rebel monsters '
That I served my couutry true.
Near they're coming, comrades, nearer,
I can see them playing now
Bless Gud ! they are bringing water '
For my fvred lips and brow.
I will thirst no longer, comrades,
For a river now I see,
And beside its crystal waters
Tbey have come to carry me.
Js it home? It seems more lovely
Than the home that ouce wis mine ;
And the s'reets are like the starlight,
AU day long they brightly shine.
There's a wide and waving meadow.
Where in peace I'll rest and roam,
Oh, thank God ! he has released tLe, ,
And I now am going home.
There's no dark and dreary "dead line,"
Tiiere's no rebel sentinel there : - .
O ! tho fields seem wide and lovely... -And
all things are bright and fair
Farewell, comrades. I am going,
- For the messenger has come, - '
Arid I see clear water flowing ; -
Lord, be praised ! I'm going home !
And the bravo and suffering soldier
' Bowed his mauly bead, and wept,
0c the cold ground of his prison, .
And iu death he calmly slept-: -
A BRUTAL KEEPER OF A REBEL PRISON
ro REPORTED KILLED, .
.When Slonemau's Cavc'.ry entered Sal.
isbury, North Carolina, last Spring, asd
caused the precipitate flight of the Reb
el garrison there, with its few prisoneis, j
Major John II. Gee, tornjcrly command
ant of the Penitentiary or Military Prison
at that point and who was one of the
greatest brutes and roost cruel tyrants j
that ever : disgraced the South, hurried
toward Charlotte, and has sever since
been heard of. - ; '
A gentleman from Salisbury, long a
resident there say that Gee was shot dead
near Charlotte by a Rebel deserter, who
Lad vowed" vengeance against the Itlajur
for some ; brutality, and . "bisWhacktd"
the villain while Le was riding through a
pine thicket. .; c: '. , -,!;
Of all tho scoundrels who .systomati-;
cally 3'arved and froze our brave soldiers
in the prison-pens of tho South, there was
none more infamocs, none more deserving
of the fate which seems to have overtaken
him, than Gee,, ' He, it was who, :j when
3ke4 if full rations coula not. be given
the starved and dying , Union prisoners
.in December,; 1864, 'as the"' 'Itbrehoui-'es
where lull, replied, "iNo, a n tnem,
quarter rations is more than they deserve.
He too was responsible" for the ceid-blod:
ed massacre of our .captives .there when
the attempted outbreak occurred on ' tbe
25th of November last." Wt hoptr the
report of hU death 1 is vrell fonnded', for
such a villain as h who shtmld 'no' b
permitted to live - '-
'm FIGHT IN BOGTOWJf.
. " A CAPITAL SKETCH. '
, There is an ezcenent moral to the fol
lowing story wbieb is told with great
skill.' It ahows ' liow a 4 hole,' village
h sometimes torn to pieces by a fight be
tween two puppies.
; The niost re&arkable' fight on 'record
came ufi at FrrgtownPon the frontier, , of
Maine, some years agoi It engrowed the
entire community in one indiscriminate
melee interminable lawsuits , or suits at
law distraction of the town and its down
falUruin. " .
i . A fanciful genius, named Joe .Tucker,
a man about town, a lounger without vis-
able ' means of ; support a t do-nothing,
loafing, cigar-smoking, good-natured fcl
lo;owhed a dog; a sleek, intelligent,
and rather pretty beast, always at Joe's
heels, and known as well a? bis master,
'and liked far more by the" Frogtowners.
i un one clay Joe ana nu uojr were passing
Bdnuiu's grocery store, when a p:e bald,
ogly-looking dog, standing alonido
tfbod wagon bounded on W Joe Tucker's
dog knocked h'm heels over Iic".d, and
so frightened I5ob Carter's wife who wa3
passing towards her husband's blackamith
shop with his dionci, t'.at ehe stuu.bieJ
backwards, and her old sun-bonnet flupped
off, and scared the horse attached to the
wagon. He started, hit Lathereni's bar
ber pole, upct the load of wood, : all of
wLich falling down Gumbo's refreshment
cellar, struck one of Gumbo's children on
the hed, killed it fr'r a lliort time stooe
dead, and so alarmed 5!rs. Gumbo, that
she dropped a stew pan of boiling hot
oyttcrs into the lap of her customer, who
ast waiting for the savory cuncoctioa by
a table in the corner, instead" of the dish.
Mrs. Gumbo rushed for the child; the
customer fur the uoor. ' Mrs. Gumbo
screamed, the customer yelled !
"Oh ! oh ! oh-ob-oh, my poor child,
cried Mrs. Gumbo. '
"Eh, e-he-e e-c," screamed the pocr
child!
'Oh, murder-r-rl Oh, my everlastiug
sir, I'm scalded to all eternity !".
"Murder, murder!" roared the. poor
enstomer.
The hoisc, a part of the wagon, and
some wood were on tVilrmud career. The
owner of the strauge dog came out of the
store just in time to see Joe Tucker seize
a rock to demolish tbe . savage dog, and
not waiting to see Joe let drive, gave him
such rap on the back that poor Joe fell
forty feet np the street, and strikiug a long
ladder npon which Jim' Edcrby was per
ched, paint-pot in hand, some thirty feet
from terra firms, brought ladder, Jim
and paint pot sprawling to earth, crip
liog poor Jim for life, and sprisEicg blue
paint ovdr the broadcloths, satiuets, and
calicoes of Abraham Miller, a formal ana
even tempered Quaker, who ran out of the
door just as the two dogis hsd faily got at
it, hip arid thigh, nip and catch. A glance
at things seemed to convince Abraham of
the true state of the case; act! in as un
usually elevated voice, Abraham called
out to Joe Tucker, who had righted up :
"Joseph Tucker, thy dog's a 6ghting!"'
"Let 'em fight it out," yelled the pug
nacious owner of the strange dog. . ,' Lst
them fight it out ; .,111 bet a log of wood
my dog can beat any dog in town, and . I
can beat the, owner."
Wc have said Abraham Miller was a
quiet man ; Quakers aie proverbiully . so.
Hut the gaunlet thrown down by tbe
stranger from tbe country stirred the gall
of Abraham, and he rushed into the store;
and from the back yard, having slipped
his collar, Abraham brought forth a brio
die cur, strong low and powerful."
;'Friend,"!said the excited quakcr, "thy
dog shall be well beaten, I promise thee !
Hyke, seize upon him !" ,
. "Truk, here boy I" . . , .
And the dogs went at it. -... -
Bob Carter, tho smith, coming, np in
time to hear the stranger's defiance to the
town, and bent on a fight with somebody
for the insult' and damage to his wife,
clamped the collar of the stranger, and by
a series of ten-pound-tens upon the face,
back and'" sides ' of his bully antagdnts,
with bis natural sledge hamtner,' Bob
stirred np the strengh and ire of the bally
stranger to the top of his compass, and
they made the sparks' fly dreadfully. ' '
, Joe Tuckers's dog reinforced by Abra
ham Miller's took a fresh" start, and be
tween' the two the strange dog-was being
cruelly put to birtrumps. -; Deacon Pagh
ooe of the most pious sad substantial men
ia rtcrtsra. C4X9 cp, 2 iiieeJ' tbs
whole teww wsa aaanaBHtiir, a Daaaoo
Pngh, armad with- a haavy walking stick
and shocked, at the spectacle before ; bim,
marched wp to tbe'dog, exclaiming as he
did SO.:'I 5.; q It fi. : ' --I'l "' '' ' 1 :: '
vReyf ie, for shame L disgracefal !
yen meanbitineM of Frogturn, will; yovi
stand by and i '-"A r.-!-r'" -ci :l
'. t'Don'l thee, don't thee strike my dog,
Deacon Pnglsi". cried i Abrahsnv Miller",
advancing tO:tbe.Deadori,.ho was abent
to cut right and left among the dogs with
his cane. ;. c) u.i:u: ,' J ' ': ''
"Your dogs I" shouted the-Deacon, with.
evident fervdr. : - i - i c" ,..i ..'K
,"Not
my,dogS, Deacon Pugh,-said the
Quake:
"What did you SaJjoQ .for, then!
shouted the Deacon.) u
nevor said my! dogs, Deacon Pugh."
'?You,.t did '." responded the Deacon,
with excitement, i
.'"Deacon Pegh, thee tpeaks groundless
ly," said .the Quaker. -,.' ,. v '
i'Yon tell 4-. lalsehooa, Abraham Mil
ler -
, "Thee urters a mendscious assertion,"
Tsiterated Abraham. ' -
i-You jou you tell a, lie 1" brawled
the Deacon. ,: .... -.-'' ' -i.:''
"Theo has provoken my evil passion,
Deacon Pugh,". shouted the stall wart
Qaaicr, "atnl I will chastise thee."
And into the Deacon's ,wool went tla
Quakcr. - :
The Deacon, nothing' loth entered in-
tbe fight, aud we leave this to "nip and
tuck" to look to the stranger and Bob
Carter, who fought acd fit,' and ?t fought,
until Sauire Catchem and the constable
cams up, aud in the attempt to preserve
the peace and arrest the offanders, the
Siuire was thrust thro the window of a
neighboring watchmaker shop doing a fceaf
of daraags while lawyer Hooker, in nt-'
teuiptiug to aid the constable, was hit in
a mistake by the furious blacksmith in
the short ribs; and went reeling dovrn
Gumbo's cellar with frightful velocity.
Tho friends 'and fellow-church-men of
Deacon Pugh took eiJes against the Qua
ker antagonist, and then the shop boys
of Abraham, seeing their employer thus
beset,' came to the rescue, while two
Irishmen, full of fun and frolic, bcliev
st to be s "free figbt," tried their hands
and sticks npon the con.batants indiscrim
inately, so indiscriminately, that in less
than hs!f an hour the li.ipp'y village of
Frogtown was shaken from its propriety
by oue grand, sublimely ridiculous, aud
aiost teirific battle'
Heads and windows were smashed;
children and women screamed ; . dogs
barked ; and so furious, roxd, and excit
ed became the whole community, that a
quiet looker-on, it there had been any,
wonld have sworn the eri! ones were all
in Frogtown.
A heavy thunder storm put an end to
tho row, the dogs were all more or less
killed, a child severely wounded, a map
scalded, wagon broke, the horse ran him
self to death, his owner badly beaten by
Bob Carter, whose wife and the wives of
many others were dangerously scared, the
painter was crippled, dry-goods ruined, a
Quaker and a Deacon, two Irishmen,
Joe Tucker, town constable, lawyer Hook
er, Squire Catchers', acd some fifty others
shamefully whipped. ' Lawsuits ensued,
feeds followed, and the entire peace and
good repute of Frogtown annihilated all
by a remarkable dog fii'ht.
; PURTrrO? CHARACTER. .
Over the beauty of tha. plum and the
apricot there grows ' a bloom aod beauty
more exquisite than the fruit itself a soft,
delicat e flush spreads its ' flushing check.
Now, if you strike your1 hand ''over that,
it is gone.' The flower that hangs in the
morning impearfed with dew, arrayed as no
qurenty woman ever was arrayea witn jew
elsonce shake it so that the beds roll nfT.
and you may sprinkle watef over it as you
pleascj yet it can never be again what it
was when the dew fell silently on it froni
heaven. On a frosty moroiog you may
see panes of glass Covered with landscape,
mountains, lakes, trestf. blended in a beau
tiful picture. ' Now lajr jour hand npon
theglaasond by thescrath of your finger
or by the warth of your palm that deli
cate tracery will be obliterated. So there
is in youth a beauty and purity of char
acter," which, when once touc Led and de
filed, can never be restored.;
It is Slid that oue of the dresses
at the Saratoga ball et tVBty-5pe tbems-
- K pebonje,bu ay; terrors for
yout newt bay what you. m't Beel-C
Before yory thw e.ot ht a wwsharp,
my boy, ascertain, whether you cannot
wake just as pleasant a noise by whistl
ing, for which nature furnishes the
machinery." And before you' pty fifteen
dollars for a figured vest, young man, find
odt whether your lady lore would not" be 11
just as glad to see you in a plain one that
costs half the money. If she wonld, not,
let her crack her own .ralouU, and buy"
her own olothes. When you ft a man
nnTnm fin,. AnWtm (rf m TVYl rb i fl fA trtV
apbiloaoph;a y taby
five to e that he'll he enoogh to realite
how many cents . there are in a dollar,
and if. he don't, he's pretty sure to be- :
o death ' tbatf privilege to his widow. '
When a man asks you to bn? that for ,
which yoo have no use, no matter how
cheap it isj don't say."yes" until you aro
sure that some one else want it at an ad
vance. Money burns in some folks pock
everything thut ia put in drops through,
past fiudiog. v
a? Three men cngsged in explora
tions in South Australia Messrs. Tauter,
murdered by the aborigines in the most
horrible manner. The South Australian
Retinter, which gives the particulars,
ssys that the explorers were followed by
tbe natives, the latter keeping out of sight
and when the former, had fallen asleep
the natives stole npon them, stuck spears
through them all, and tried to keep them
pinned to the ground, but without euccess
for tbe explorers got on the ir feetin spite
of their wounds and al! efforts made .to
prevent them, and killed fifteen of tie
natives and drove the rest away. The
next day a still larger number of the na
tives collected and made another attack
upon the unfortunate men this time over
powering and kil.iog them, by rurhing
upon them wiih spears and club sticks.
Thus another chanter is added to the
ian explorers.
It now appears that our iron-cladi
were provided with what are called 'deck
scrapers.' . These are machines for - pass"
ing up through the deck from below nine
iuch percussion shells which are then ex
ploded and sweep everything overboard.
They were tried on the Dictator with
wooden men,' and the force of the explo
sion tumbled everything on deck into tba
sea, and a fra gn:ent of shell cut the chain
cable in two. This is s fact for the Eng
lish newspapers which propose to capture
our iron cla'ds by boardiog them.
Brioht Child. '!Father, what makes
Ben, our milkmaid man, walk sofunuy ?"
'Why, M illy, you see he froze his feet
so badly once that the doctors bad to cut
all his toe3 off."
"Indeed fa her then why is Ben like
that Uuion Captain that Gen. Graut cash
iered the other day ?" -
"Beally, my child, I don't know can't
think." '
"Why, don't you see ? he is a no foe
rious cowherd. Ben is."
'Milly, Milly, child vo-i'll get mar
ried some day."
IIoi.E-T. At a camp meeting a num
ber of ladies continued standing on the
benches, notwithstanding the frequent
hints from the minister to sit down.
A revcreud old gentleman, noted for .his
;oou numor, arose ana saia : "i minx
if those ladies etaiding on the benches
knew they had holes in tXeir stockings,
they would sit down." This address had
the desired effect there wasau immediate
.inking into the seats. A young minis
ter standing behind him, and blushing to
the temples, said : "O, brother, how could
you say that?", ;'Say that?'' said the
old fjetitletaan, "it's a fact if they
Ladu't hole in their stockings, I'd like
to know how they could pet them on." '
B2 The printing of the five-cent notes
! t'ci three-cent notes has bc?o diseon tin
ued, the former in compliance with a law
of Congress, and the laiier by a Treasury
regulation. . , ,
"tajT A gentleman was speaking of the
kindness of Lis frieuds in visiting him.
One old sunt, ia partioul', visited him
tw-.oe a year, tai stayed six months escfa